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HAME TUG.

.No. 447,995. Patented Man 10, 1891,.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES J. YOUNG AND CLARK ROBINSON, OF HARTLEY, IOIVA, ASSIGNORS OFONE-HALF TO I. N. DRAKE, OF SAME PLACE.

HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,995, dated March10, 1891.

Application filed December 30, 1889. Serial No. 335,376. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MOSES J. YOUNG and CLARK ROBINSON, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Hartley, in the county of OBrien and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Hame-Tug, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hame-tugs.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of the hame-tug clip and enable the tug to be readilysecured thereto and move freely thereon with little friction and wear.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ahame-tug clipconstructed in accordance with the invention and shown connected to ahame and the end of a hame-tug. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the end of the tug.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a hame which isconstructed in the ordinary manner, and is provided with eyes 2 and 3,through which passes a bolt 4, that serves as a pintle and hinges thehame-tug clip 5 to the hame. The hame-tug clip is slightly curved nearits point of attachment to the hame, and is composed of sections orleaves 6 and 7, which are hinged together and to the hame by the bolt 4,and are designed to have pivoted between them a tug 8, to which thetrace is attached. sections 6 and 7 have their inner adjacent facesrabbeted near their rear ends to provide a recess 9, in which the tug Sis pivoted by means of a screw and pivot, or the like, 10. The tug 8 isprovided on each of its sides, around the opening 11, through whichpasses the bolt or rivet 10, with a wear-plate 12, which 45 prevents thestrap being worn by the leaves or sections of the hame-tug clip. Thebolt,

rivet, or screw 10 passes through a perfora- The leaves or tion in oneof the sections or leaves and engages an integral stud on the othersection or leaf. The hame-tug clip, bybeing connected with the hame by ahinge, is capable of lateral movement on its pintle 4, and the tug movesvertically on its pivot 10, and it will readily be seen that the partsof the hametug are free to move in both directions to readily adjustthemselves to the strain, and will not be readily broken.

The leaves or sections 6 and 7 of the hametug clip are similar and fitclosely together, and are provided at their front ends with eyes 13 and14, which fit together and are constructed similarly to the eyes of anordinary hinge, and the sections are readily separated to permit theinsertion and removal of the hame-tug.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that the hame-tug is simpleand inexpensive in construction, adapted to be readily attached to ahame of the ordinary construction, and its parts are capable of movingfreely on one another and adjusting themselves to the strain andposition of the animal. 1

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a hame-tug, thecombination of the clip comprising the similar leavesor sections 6 and 7, provided at their front ends with eyes 13 and 14,and being hinged together and to the hame, and swinging apart laterally,and having their inner faces rabbeted to provide a recess, and having anintegral stud, and the hame-tug provided withan opening to receive thestud and being pivotedin the recess, substantially as described.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

MOSES J. YOUNG. CLARK ROBINSON. Witnesses:

ALVIN LARSHBOUGH, L. A. WArrs.

